My husband and I couldn’t take our eyes off the stage,” Garrity
told EOTT, adding that the La Messe show stood out in how closely it resembled
the Novis Ordo they attended at home. “They writers of the show nailed
everything. From clownish look of our parish council members to the jugglers
and the acrobats—nothing was missing. The only difference was that most of the
show was mimed and the rest was sung in French.”

Show creator Louis Boucher told EOTT this morning that trying
to keep the show as authentic as possible was “one of the most challenging things”
in his life.

“I had to go to numerous bad Novus Ordo Masses. I cried a
lot. And I’m not even a Catholic. Trying to capture the heart of this show was
very difficult. Imagine attempting to replicate a walk, a journey to the most
beautiful summit in the universe, but at the same time, making that journey one
of the most painful experiences in your life. That is what this show attempts
to achieve. We wanted audiences to walk away from this as though they were
walking away from the average Novus Ordo—fulfilled yet completely underwhelmed—if
not completely scandalized.”